When you tell a healthy person that you’re sick and stuck in bed, the usual reactions range from, “I hope you feel better soon,” to, “that sounds like a nice break.” However, when you have a chronic illness, which may include chronic fatigue syndrome or involve chronic pain, staying in bed is not an activity …
Fatigue and Chronic Pain
Have you been feeling tired lately? Does the word “tired” not even begin to cover the level of your seemingly constant exhaustion? You might be experiencing fatigue! If you are not familiar with the term, fatigue is not just feeling tired. It is a severe, sometimes incapacitating feeling of exhaustion that is made worse by …
Chronic Pain: Tricks to Help You Keep Going
Whether your chronic pain is due to physical structural injury or neuro-pathalogical symptoms, the experience of feeling pain is very real. This pain can result in many emotions, including fear, frustration and despair. When this happens, a cycle is created in which an individual may fear the possibility of pain while doing daily activities, become …
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Chronic Pain and Mental Health
We have all heard of mental illness stigmatization. If someone is feeling too depressed to move out of bed, or another is too anxious to take a deep breath or sleep, they are told that the symptoms they are experiencing are “all in their head.” Those who do not understand how debilitating these illnesses can …
